Jean Simmons as Estella in the 1946 film “Great Expectations.” (Universal Pictures)
Indian actor Sabu and Jean Simmons in the 1947 film “Black Narcissus.” ()
Jean Simmons and Trevor Howard in the 1951 film “The Clouded Yellow.” (UCLA Film and Television Archive)
From left, Michael Rennie, Victor Mature, Jean Simmons and Sir Richard Burton in “The Robe,” 1953. (Los Angeles Times file photo)
Jean Simmons gets some help as she leaves her prints at Grauman’s Chinese Theatre at the showing of “The Robe.” Beside her are George Bowser, left, film company executive, and California Lt. Governor Goodwin J. Knight (Wide World Photo)
Marlon Brando, Jean Simmons, Frank Sinatra and Vivian Blaine in “Guys and Dolls,” 1955. (Los Angeles County Museum of Art)
Jean Simmons, center, with her husband, Stewart Granger, left, and Frank Sinatra at the premiere of “Guys and Dolls” in 1955. (Los Angeles Times)
Jean Simmons and Paul Newman in MGM’s 1957 film “Until They Sail.” (MGM)
Gregory Peck and Jean Simmons in “The Big Country,” 1958. (United Artists)
Jean Simmons and Sir Laurence Olivier in “Hamlet,” also directed by Olivier, in 1948. (Los Angeles Times file photo)
Cary Grant hands Jean Simmons the Oscar for best actor she accepts on behalf of Sir Alec Guinness for his role in “The Bridge on the River Kwai.” (Associated Press)
Sir Laurence Olivier and Jean Simmons in a scene from “Spartacus,” 1960. (Los Angeles Times file photo)
Jean Simmons as the eccentric Miss Havisham in “Great Expectations,” a 1989 Disney Channel miniseries. (The Disney Channel)
Jean Simmons said in a 1987 interview: “We’ve all paid our dues. We’ve done the best we can, and here we are.” (Los Angeles Times)
